LG pulls back, ‘will evaluate’ upgrading Optimus series to Gingerbread when specs and source code are public
You might remember yesterday's brouhaha over LG's seemingly false claim that Android 2.3 Gingerbread requires a 1GHz processor or better, using it as a justification for keeping an official upgrade out of the hopes and dreams of Optimus One owners around the globe -- but the good news is that it appears to have been a misunderstanding. Here's the official statement from LG: "LG released information prematurely regarding the minimum processor upgrade requirements for the LG Optimus
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: definition, dreams, gingerbread, hopes, jumping, jumping-the-gun, minimum, official, optimus-google, optimusone, result, ultimately-find, update
Colorware douses iPhone 4 in double rainbow, might just solve your reception issues
Given just how much that white iPhone 4 bumper is about to cost you on eBay, it seems as if a Colorware'd alternative has never been a better bargain. The master of gadget coloration is back once more, this time promising to dress Apple's latest problem child up with just about any combination of hues that you choose.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apple-iphone, appleiphone4, bargain, card, consumers, Earbuds, ebay, gadget, iphone4, minimum, smartphone, vacationer
LG Optimus Q launching with Android 1.6? (update: yep!)
You'd like to think that any Android device launching these days would come equipped with an absolute bare minimum of Eclair , but that's not the case; Dell's Streak , for example, will be coming out of the gate with Android 1.6 -- and seemingly so will LG's LU2300 Optimus Q.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: laf, least-it-comes, minimum, says-the-phone, Sheet, southkorea, uncertain, uncertain-terms
Flash 10.1 for Android beta unveiled: Hulu a no-show, Froyo now a minimum requirement
What was once just one echelon above a myth is now finally coming to fruition. Adobe is pushing out a beta of its Flash 10.1 player alongside Google's own beta for Android 2.2 " Froyo ." The general release for Flash is still on track for June, according to Anup Murarka of the Mobile and Devices team.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: adobe, bad, beta, engadget-show, impressions, inquiries, integration, marketplace, minimum, oems, result, video
Windows Phone 7 Series faces off against its Windows Mobile past
Windows Mobile 6.5 Windows Mobile 6.5.3 Windows Phone 7 Series Windows CE kernel 5.2 5.2 6.0 Minimum resolution None None WVGA Skinnable Yes Yes No Finger friendly No Barely Yes Multitouch No Basic Yes Capacitive touchscreen No Yes Yes Stylus Required Optional None Touchscreen keyboard Unfriendly Finger-friendly Finger-friendly Required buttons Start Start Start, Back, Search Operating metaphor Apps Apps Task hubs Pane switching Tabs Swipe "Pivot" Browser IE Mobile 6 IE Mobile 6 New, still IE-based Zune integration No No Yes Xbox integration No No Yes Courting enterprise Yes Yes Not yet Social networking Apps / Skins Apps / Skins Built-in This is a comparison of core OS functionality and differences, handset skins and carrier tweaks aren't factored in. If you couldn't tell from the chart above, the "differences" between Windows Phone 7 Series and Windows Mobile of yore (last week) are rather hard to quantify: it's like comparing a bed with an oven
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: hubs, keyboard, metaphor, microsoft, minimum, networking, phone, tabs, windows mobile 6.5, windows-phone, windowsmobile, windowsphone7series, Xbox
Motorola Droid’s next update to be Android 2.1, includes multitouch browser
We've just gotten the inside line on the next Droid update that's making the rounds through Verizon's testing department from one of our trusted sources, and overall, it looks like this should take users 95 percent of the way to curing pangs of Nexus One envy. Here's what we've got: It's based on Android 2.1 . The build currently being circulated is identified as 2.1 version 1, mirroring the update just pushed to the Nexus One last week
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: active, droid-eris, droideris, entry, flash, goggles, goodness, google-goggles, google-maps, minimum, source, weather-widgets, word-on-timing